On March 18 1871, after France was defeated by Prussia in the Franco-Prussian war, the French government sent troops into Paris to try and take back the Parisian National ... and wouldn't give them up ...

No wonder that Louis Bonaparte, who usurped power by exploiting the war ... France, at Paris, Lyons, Rouen, Marseilles, Brest, etc., on the pretext that the International was a secret society dabbling ...

The catalyst for the Paris Commune was France’s crushing defeat in the 1870-71 Franco-Prussian War – “La Débâcle ... George Sand, after visiting Paris following the Commune’s bloody ...

Michael Howard's account of the Franco-Prussian War, published in 1961, was so definitive that it seemed to deter others from telling the same story. Wawro has at last taken up the challenge, drawing ...

You’ve Got (Balloon) Mail In September 1870, not long after the start of the Franco-Prussian War, the city of Paris was under siege by Prussian soldiers. By the 19th, the German army had blocked ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian war and the social unrest ... The French government sent in the army and, after bloody fighting, the Communards ...